Hello and welcome to Creative Mondays hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judyh-jsThoughts where you can link up all your creative post each week….
What have you all been up to this week?
This week I’ve been making new shorts from old Jeans.
Here is what I did…
Got 2 pair of old jean that were no longer any good …
Cut 1 pair to the length I wanted them just a little under for fraying…
I cut the second pair second pair a few inches longer so I could turn these up…
The second pair I random tied string around to create a tie and dye affect…
I then put old clothes on and glasses on (in case I splashed any bleach ) and rubber gloves on so I could put the bleach on and spread everywhere but I didn’t want the corner to get bleached…
I bleached the front and back then left the on a carry bags for a hour.As it was a red hot day the were dry ( on a cool day or with thicker jean as these are lightweight ones maybe a bit longer) then I turned them over to dry the other side maybe I should have put them on the line so both side would have dried the same…
Then I placed them a few hours in a bucket of warm water,then a bucket of fabric condition.After a while I placed in the washing machine on a quick wash to get rid of the bleach smell…
I was going to rip them a little but being light weight jeans they ripped themselves…
Now all I need is the sunshine to come back so I can wear them…
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The shorts turned out very cute! Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for joining us 🙂
Great Jeans refashion! Wish I could share the Texas sunshine with you 🙂
Thank you,ooh please send us a little over 🙂
Thank you for hosting another great party! Loving those shorts! (I grew up in the 70's and these bring back great memories:)
Thanks :))
that is such a great idea, i actually did that to a chambray top years ago – I wish I still had it! Xo Megan
Thank you 🙂
These turned out so cute!Creamy
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Cute shorts! We tried bleach a few weeks ago but I guess I didn't leave it on long enough so we ended up using tape & spray paint … they look awesome! I'm posting them tomorrow. pippa
Ohh I will stop by and take a look 🙂
i sooo want to try doing that to some denim cut offs! but like you say, we just need some nice weather again!!
I hope we get some soon 🙂
Great looking shorts!!! Thanks for hosting this always great hop! Have a great week.
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Love your new shorts! Hope you get to wear them soon!
Thank you 🙂
Good idea! Yours "new" shorts look very nice. Hope you have good weather soon. . .we certainly wouldn't mind it here!
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Great use of old jeans. Glad you liked the diet cartoon. I will link something up to your hop. Have a great day.
Great thanks for linking up,yes that was so funny 🙂
They look great you've done a great job there.Thanks for hosting again.
Thank you 🙂
I just might do it with an old jeans-skirt It's a wonderful idea!Thanks for hosting Claire
Thanks for linking up 🙂
Cute! My mom always did this for our jeans when we were growing up.
Thanks for the comment 🙂
You have certainly shared a great idea Clairejustine. I remember doing tie-dye at high school. It is good to be co-hosting again. Have a wonderful week.
Thanks Judy 🙂
Gosh! I haven't thought about doing tie-dye since I was a student! Forgot how good it looks. Fingers crossed for some good weather some time soon.
Thanks 🙂